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- Title
Infertility treatment strategy involving combined freeze‐all embryos and single vitrified‐warmed embryo transfer during hormonal replacement cycle for <italic>in vitro</italic> fertilization of women with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
- Authors
Kuroda, Keiji; Ochiai, Asako; Katoh, Noriko; Takeda, Satoru; Ezoe, Kenji; Kato, Keiichi; Yabuuchi, Akiko; Kobayashi, Tamotsu; Segawa, Tomoya
- Abstract
Abstract: Aim: Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) is a condition caused by the deficient secretion of pituitary gonadotropins, leading to diminished ovarian function. Several studies of <italic>in vitro</italic> fertilization (IVF) in women with HH revealed acceptable clinical pregnancy outcomes but high multiple pregnancy rates after multiple fresh embryo transfer (ET). The purpose of this study was to analyze the outcomes of combined freeze‐all embryos and single vitrified‐warmed ET in women with HH. Methods: Of 91 infertile women with HH (basal luteinizing hormone and follicle‐stimulating hormone levels <2.0 mIU/mL), we excluded patients aged ≥40 years (<italic>n</italic> = 2) and women who preferred fresh ET (<italic>n</italic> = 10). Seventy‐nine women underwent 117 oocyte retrieval cycles and 135 vitrified‐warmed ET during hormone replacement (HR) cycles from 2008 to 2014 at the Kato Ladies Clinic and Juntendo University Hospital. Results: In 26 single cleavage ET cycles, the rates of clinical pregnancy and live birth were 34.6% (9/26 ET) and 26.9% (7/26 ET), respectively. Regarding the outcomes after single vitrified‐warmed blastocyst transfer, clinical pregnancy and live birth rates were 65.1% (71/109 ET) and 50.5% (55/109 ET), respectively. Multiple conceptions and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome did not occur in any of the women with HH. Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that IVF followed by single vitrified‐warmed ET in adjusted endocrine milieu during the HR cycle is an effective fertility treatment for women with HH and decreases the incidence of complications, including multiple conceptions.
- Subjects
INFERTILITY treatment; ACADEMIC medical centers; EMBRYO transfer; FERTILIZATION in vitro; FOLLICLE-stimulating hormone; FREEZING; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING hormone; EVALUATION of medical care; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Research, 2018, Vol 44, Issue 5, p922
- ISSN
1341-8076
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jog.13597